Daily Republican., 1887-07-14
Harris MEAT HOUSE.

rho Artcsfsn Woii- " aser From til,
Bowels Of the EArth-A Model Pump
Rooms IN Which hing Winter Reign,
supreme.
There are very few people In this city
who have not heard of Hsrt's meaI
packing establishn.ent, on Fifth street
below Walnut, but there are not many
who have any idea Of lite extent, or oi
the amount OF business done by THU
| hrm. A reporter of the REPUBLICAN
visited the establishment yesterday Of
ternoon, and was not only surprised al
Its magnitude but also at the No sLy snd
Improved facilities introduced by tbii
arm for the transaction of their busi
ness. The old building 10 0 large four
ste ried structure on Fifth street near
Poplar, but about one year ago the frm,
finding 1t necessary on account of the
increate OF their business to have more
room, purchased the Reliance er Rine
house. adjoining their building on the
west side.
They have also CONSTR ucted o fine
brick building next to the engine house
and their establishment now occupies
about one half of the square betwat a
Poplar ard Walnut streets. One great
Inconvenience experienced by the firm
was the want OF q sufli cient supply OF
pure, ffeeh water for the various Dur
poses Of their business, and to overcome
this difficulty 1t was decided to bore an
srtesian wall. Men were set to work,
and after O lonx time, and the sur
mounting OF many difficulties, The
work was at last accom- plished and q
we'll completed which Ia 1877 feet deep
inches in diamater for "a feet, and 8
lnches the remaining distance to the
bottom, consequently they now have A.
lnexhsustable supply Of pure, cold
water from deep down Ia the bowels OF
the earth. This water ia soft aud ex
cellent Tor use; 1t Is as clear as crystal
and just about tho proper Temperature
to allow OF its being used for drinking
purposes without the danger attending q
The use OF ice water.
Connected with this we'll Ia o pump,
that has brass working barrel 8 feet
long aud 334 Inches In diamet which
is sunk l7o rect in the ground. This IL
tdrniehed With ball valves, aud COL .
nected to the top Of the well with O
wrought iron pipe inches In diameter.
Inside OF this Is wooden rod az inches
IN diameter. which is cor rnected with
tho pump bucket In the working barrel.
This pump IL worked by q Davidson
direct acting steam engine, manufac
tured by the Davidson Company of
B;ooklyn, N. Y. This engine is one Of
the most ingenious and economical
pieces Of machinery imaginable, and
will q very email amount OF steam will
make thirty. three strokes O minuts,
raising 40 gallons Of water. By increas
Ing the pressure 1t can be made to
pump from 1876 to 100 gallons of water
minute. The cy Under of this won.
derful piece Of mech anism is only 10
inches in diameter, and 1t has o stroke
Of two feet.
1t is noiselees, and after being started
requires no further attention for "a
hours, when the oil must be replen
ished. For tho past two weeks this en =
gine has been running seven days q
week, and "a hours each day. Il, as
well as the pump and all the mach inery
connected with the we'll. including the
necessary pipes, we're furnished and
put in place by Trayr or & Co., No. 2l8
Cost Sixth street, who are the agents
for this State. The Davidson is the
only successful pump manufactured,
and the very excellent manner In which
this one performs its work Is credit,
not only to the man ufacturers, but also
to Mr.. Traynor, who, as before stated,
put 1t and the other machinery In place
The engine is In the basement anG
forces the water to all parts o! the
5uildlng where 1t may be required.
The principal purpose for which the
water is ased is 70 flow over seiies G.
pipes containing ammonia, which 1t
condenses and converts into a eas pos
sessing remarkable freezing proper ties.
! These pipes are connected with Del.
aware refrigerating machine, which
Keeps the ammonia In constant motion
through them. They also cor meet with
the cooling rooms. Of which there are
Twelve In the building, used for various
purposes. The pipes In each of these
rooms are two inches In diameter, but
Yesterday were fully eight inches, with
the ice that had accumulated on the
outside. 1t was certainly a novel, but
Tar from pleasant, sen sation experienced
by the reporter as he stepped into one|
OF these rooms, the temperature of
which was below the freezing point
tered over 80 degrees, and by the time
third floor, on which this room Is sltu.
ated, the perspira,ion was streaming
from every pore. while his clothes were
decidedly wet.
He had scarcely entered the room
before he commenced to wish that he
had brought his overcoat along, while |
MS damp clothes impaired the delight
ful Feeling Of being rolled In q wet
blanket of cold winters day. He
could feel the perspiratiou, which in q
M mute had become icy cold, tricking
down his face, and he involuntarily |
raised his hand to make sure that i'll
was not congealine into an icicle on |
the end Of his nose. His teeth com
menced 10 chatter, and although his
guide found much to explain In this
room, the reporter suddenly lost all In.
terest in what he was saying, his only
desire being to get outside, even II the
mercury was frolicking around the
nineties. Two minutes WAS about the
Time spent In this initiation OF the frigid
zone, aud the reporter made up his I
mind that II he eyer had occasion to
visit It again, he would provide him-
sci with an overcoat and D buffalol
robe, before undertaking to explore its
The air in these rooms Is
PERFECTLY dry, and fresh meat placed in
any OF them, even in the hottest wealth
OF. will keep for an indefinite time.
Some Of the rooms are used for keep
ing lard, some contain fresh meat, and
others have 1t In pickle. 1t Ia q vasti
over the old method oil
depending on ice.
The process of curing meat is highly
interesting; the hams, shoulders and
,acon are first placed In a strong pickle,
iomposed of salt and sugar. After
1eing In that lopg enough to become
thoroughly impregnated with the brineIi
ne9 are taken out and placed in largel
,se, where they soak for few houre,
itter whioh they q re thorouohlv wnah